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November 27, 2011

The only gin problem here is not enough tonic

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Hayley Howells - Seattle Fashion and Lifestyle Blogger

Welcome to ceriselle.org, my space on the internet where I share a little bit of my expat life with some fashion and fun mixed in.
My name's Hayley, and I'm a British blogger currently living just outside Seattle, WA with my husband and our three springer spaniels.
I hope you enjoy coming along this journey with me, and of course, connect with me on social media. I am so glad you are here!

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New (to us) favourite sushi place in Bellevue - @kurasushi_usa. It’s like Yo! Sushi back home with the conveyor belt, but *so* much better with a screen to order from, an automated delivery service (second belt above the main one that brings your request out and of course the drinks robots) and instead of stacking the plates high, you drop them in a chute and after you’ve dropped in 15 plates, you get a toy. It’s become a fun Friday treat for us, because it’s always good to accidentally soosh.
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March is always the time of year that I think abou

March is always the time of year that I think about blogging more, since it’s when I started on this journey many years ago. (It does scare me a bit when I think about how my blog life is old enough to drink in the US.)

This year, we've seen people shutting down their blogs/websites to focus on other platforms or just to get off social media altogether, but we've also seen people advocating for a return to blogging (off the top of my head, I’ve seen posts by @carly and on @verge, but if you know of others, I would love to read!). We’ve also seen in recent months what a clusterfuck social media is becoming (I mean…more than usual/expected) with whatever the hell is going on with Twitter.

Personally, I hope we do see a comeback to blogging - not just for the selfish reason that I want more good stuff to read, but because I hope influencers are finally starting to pay attention to the fact that you don't own your space on social media and that increasingly, it's looking like there may be a paid element to having an account - so why not pay for your own space?

(and honestly? I think a huge part in the decline of the number of actively updated blogs is to do with the demise of Google Reader (no, I’m still not over it) and the crumbling state of the abandoned Bloglovin'. Web based RSS feed readers that have a basic free version are few and far between, I can only think of Feedly at the moment but even that’s not amazing. Would love some recommendations!)

How do most people still follow blogs anyway? What do you use?

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In 2022, I couldn't even get myself to post 9 uniq

In 2022, I couldn't even get myself to post 9 unique images to the grid again. It's not that I don't like posting, but I am still working on getting over the fear of putting something out there more permanently than a Story. I mean, I still haven't posted anything about when we went to Bend, OR (and of course visited the last Blockbuster) or when we went to Vegas (no gambling but there was sun, shows and a damn big dam). 2022 wasn't a terrible year, but it still feels like I'm climbing out of an uncertainty hole about posting things online and I'm not even sure where that came from!

A new blog post and a new Instagram post? What is

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On ceriselle.org today, I've been having a blab about blogging and twitter and something I called internet permanence which I don't even know if that's a thing but do you ever think about what happens with all your social media posts if the social media site goes away? Feels like a waste of things you spend time creating but what can do you about it? idk.

This was always my favourite bit on Sesame Street.

This was always my favourite bit on Sesame Street. And no, this isnt even all of our 20 oz Ramblers, never mind our whole @YETI collection. We don’t have a problem. You do.

New blog post! The latest mystery box of clothes I

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This weekend, make a trip up to @shoptotemlake and

This weekend, make a trip up to @shoptotemlake and visit @thesweetsideseattle - the hardest decision you’ll have is choosing what to get! I went for a mini cookie cake and it was delicious!

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